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Australian golfer Ryan Peake to make remarkable Open Championship debut after 5-year prison sentence

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Ryan Peake will tee up at Royal Portrush on Thursday, and how he got this opportunity is unlike anyone else in the field. That’s because the Australian golfer won the New Zealand Open five years after he spent half a decade in prison. Peake was a talented junior golfer that turned professional when he was 19 years old. But, according to the BBC, Peake was "burnt out" from the game and joined the Rebels, an outlawed motorcycle gang, two years after turning pro. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON...

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